Here’s my question. I’m willing to stock up on “grains”, “legumes”, etc. but what the heck do I do with it all once I have it?? I found an LDS food calculator that told me how much corn meal, barley, oats, wheat, etc. that I would need, along with amounts of honey, salt, baking soda, etc. What I’m missing is all of the recipes that will help me put it all together.
I can just picture rescue workers coming to our home some time after the SHTF, finding us all dead of starvation with these enormous bins of “grains”. “Poor family. I guess the mom just didn’t know how to utilize all of these staples.”
You probably would need to get an electric or hand mill to grind up the grains if you are getting them whole. Also a Big A$$ Pot (that can be used on various cooking platforms, i.e. fire, gas stove, etc.) since you will need to soak the beans (Lentils are better here since they do not require soaking, but do require lots of water to cook with). Also need to learn how to make a sourdough starter. That is the way yeast was cultivated or created prior to the ability to capture yeast and put it in packages. Same with beer, you can create a yeast cultivator the same way, but the liquid form instead of the doughy form.
Get a rice cooker to cook the rice. The electric ones at Targey are cheap. I am sure you can find one that can go on a stove or fire pit ( Of course that is were the Big A$$ Pot can come into play as well, just put a lid on it). A dutch oven would be good to have as well if you need bake bread over a fire or stove.
Also rice cookers usually have trays on top that you can put veggies in to steam with the rice.
Look here.
Don’t forget the grain mill too. The bulk grains need to be ground before you can use them and thats labor intensive. Their are recipes and instructions on some of the sites.
I don’t see myself buying that much food that shelf stable for 20 years. My wife and I prefer to buy pretty much what we normally buy just more of it. Then replace what you use.
This doesn’t work for all food but seems more reasonable to me.